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Old favourites such as Doctor Who and new successes like The Blue Planet make us one of the leading non-film DVD distributors

 

Our video and DVD
business grew at
double the industry
average with DVD
sales up 382%

Thanks to our strong foothold in the DVD market and our wide-ranging video catalogue featuring both new titles and all-time classics, we have delivered a sharp increase in sales. This has been achieved in a fiercely competitive international market.

Our business grew at double the industry average during the financial year with DVD sales rising by 382%. We now sell nine million videos and DVDs each year.

 BBC Worldwide recognized the potential of the DVD market early on and is now one of the UK’s leading distributors of non-film DVDs.

Building on the long-standing popularity of the BBC’s factual and entertainment programmes, we are steadily migrating our back catalogue to DVD format. This gives us the opportunity to add extra material – including interviews, out-takes and previously unreleased scenes – to enhance viewer enjoyment.

On DVD, The Blue Planet, The League of Gentlemen, as well as The Old Grey Whistle Test, Blackadder, Fawlty Towers and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, were among our best-selling titles this year, not only in the UK but around the world.
 
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